[I kiss the soil] as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother. I consider it my duty to be with my compatriots in this sublime and difficult moment.

Quote by Pope John Paul II

Topics: Kissing Quotes

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The enemy of the human race...invented a means never before heard of, by which he...

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Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our...

Men and women will retain their sex in heaven

Men and women will retain their sex in heaven

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Work bears a particular mark of man and of humanity, the mark of a person...

I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a...

I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a...

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The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away...

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There are people and nations, Mother, that I would like to say to you by...

Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.

Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.

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The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the...

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...A community needs a soul if it is to become a true home for human...

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Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore... prove...

The question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether the man in the...

The question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether the man in the...

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Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and...

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Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men.

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To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each...

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From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy...

The United Nations organization has proclaimed 1979 as the Year of the Child. Are the...

The United Nations organization has proclaimed 1979 as the Year of the Child. Are the...

Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them.

Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them.

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All good qualities in a child are the result of environment, while all the bad...

The law is above the law, you know

The law is above the law, you know